Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe

Peta Jane Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe (née O'Flynn,[1] born 12 March 1954) is an English barrister, regulator and politician. She is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Lady Buscombe was Chief Executive of the Advertising Association from 2007 to 2009. She served as Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission[2] from April 2009[3] until 16 October 2011.

The Right Honourable

The Baroness Buscombe
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
In office
11 June 2017 – 30 July 2019
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Lord Henley
Succeeded byThe Baroness Stedman-Scott
Baroness-in-Waiting
Government Whip
In office
21 December 2016 – 11 June 2017
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Preceded byThe Baroness Mobarik
Succeeded byThe Baroness Sugg
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
28 July 1998
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born (1954-03-12) 12 March 1954
Political partyConservative
Alma materRosebery Grammar School
Inns of Court School of Law

Early life and career

She was educated at Rosebery Grammar School, Epsom, and the Inns of Court School of Law. She was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1977 and worked as a Legal Advisor for the Dairy Trade Federation from 1979 to 1980. She then worked as Legal Counsel for Barclays Bank International and Barclays Bank plc until 1984, after which she was Assistant Secretary for the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising until 1987. She was joint managing partner of Buscombe and Fiala, an international art business, from 1991 to 1995.

Political career

She stood as the Conservative candidate in Slough at the 1997 General Election.

On 23 July 1998 she was created a Life peer as Baroness Buscombe, of Goring in the County of Oxfordshire.[4] She has been a Conservative front bench spokesman in the House of Lords on several briefs including Business, Innovation and Skills; Culture, Media and Sport; Education; and Home Constitutional and Legal Affairs; and was also a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. [5][6]

Her voting record has been summarised from Public Whip.[7] She has voted moderately against introducing ID cards, more EU integration, a stricter asylum system and the hunting ban. She has voted in favour of taking steps to combat climate change.[8] She voted moderately for greater autonomy for schools.

On 21 December 2016, she was appointed as Baroness in Waiting (i.e. government whip in the House of Lords).[9]

She became Government Minister for Work and Pensions, House of Lords, June 2017 - July 2019. During that time she was the small business champion, work and pensions.

Professional career

She became Chief Executive of the Advertising Association in 2007, where she led the implementation of the Change4Life campaign, a Government-sponsored scheme backed by consumer and media brands which was designed to tackle obesity across the UK. Marketing Week editor Stuart Smith described Buscombe as "the most formidable advocate the commercial communications sector has seen in years".[10]

She became chair of the Press Complaints Commission in April 2009 until October 2011.

She was a non-executive director of Affinity Water plc (formerly Three Valleys Water)[11][12] until 2015 and Local World Ltd[13] until 2016, and was also chairman of the advisory board of Samaritans until 2017.

She was a governor at Langley Hall Primary Academy in Langley, Berkshire, until 2016.

Current appointments

She was elected Master Buscombe, Inner Temple, as an Other Governing Bencher in 2019. [14]

Personal life

She married Philip Buscombe in 1980. They have three children.

References
  1. "Forthcoming Marriages", The Times, 21 March 1980
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Bell, Matthew (22 November 2009). "The Tory peer who wants to convince us the PCC has teeth". The Independent. London. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
  4. "No. 55210". The London Gazette. 30 July 1998. p. 8287.
  5. "Contact information for Baroness Buscombe - MPS and Lords - UK Parliament".
  6. "Baroness Buscombe".
  7. "Baroness Buscombe".
  8. "The Public Whip — Climate Change Bill — UK domestic effort - 11 Mar 2008 at 16:53".
  9. "Ministerial appointments: 21 December 2016". 10 Downing Street. 21 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  10. "Is Which? About to meet its match?". 7 March 2008.
  11. "Affinity Water - Your local supply, on tap".
  12. "Affinity Water - Your local supply, on tap".
  13. "Contact information for Baroness Buscombe - MPS and Lords - UK Parliament".
  14. "New Masters of the Bench 2019 | Inner Temple".

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